The U.S. Copyright Office announced that it will hold public roundtables on March 25 as part of its study to evaluate best practices that the newly established mechanical licensing collective may implement to identify and locate copyright owners of musical works and unclaimed accrued royalties held by the collective, encourage copyright owners to claim their royalties, and reduce the incidence of unclaimed royalties. More information is available here. Participants will be notified of their selection and panel assignments in the near term, as those interested in participating were due to apply by February 24.